Corel DRAWings X3 is an intelligent and interactive embroidery software capable of converting CorelDRAW® artworks into embroidery with premium stitch quality in a matter of seconds. It automatically calculates the embroidery parameters such as underlay, compensation, tacking, branching, thread trimming etc. Any manipulations to the artwork in CorelDRAW® DRAWstitch® edition will update the stitch results in real-time.
Corel DRAWings X3 is the first embroidery software in the world to use true "Artificial Intelligence" technology. It is fundamentally different from the so-called "Auto Punch" embroidery software.

After installing Corel DRAWings X3 you can find the manual of the software in the following location:

Click “Start”

then “All programs”

find “DRAWings X3” folder and expand it

then click on “DRAWings X3 embroidery software manual.pdf”

If you have already installed “Acrobat Reader”, the manual will open inside it. Otherwise you have to install “Acrobat Reader” and try again afterwards. You can find an free version of Acrobat Reader inside DRAWings X3 installation CD

You can read the manual directly from the Acrobat Reader or you can print it and have it in a hard copy.

What is the difference between Corel DRAWings X3 software and Auto Punch products?

1) Different software:
Simply put, Corel DRAWings X3 is a CorelDRAW DRAWstitch edition with an intelligent embroidery stitch generation engine. Therefore, it is a vector graphic software with embroidery output capability, not a conventional embroidery software with Auto punch function.
2) Different quality:
In Corel DRAWings X3 the user uses CorelDRAW DRAWstitch tools to create artworks or simply load an existing vector design. With a click of the "stitch" tab, it will convert the design into high quality stitches in seconds, complete with proper stitch types and settings.
Auto Punch products generally focus on creating stitches from a scanned-in pixel artwork. The stitch quality is very unstable depending on the quality of the original image. This software is usually not capable of adjusting embroidery settings based on the chosen material.
3) Different power:
In Corel DRAWings X3, the user can utilize all the powerful graphic tools to create or edit an artwork accurately and easily. It is much more difficult to edit a poor embroidery design created from Auto Punch products, due to the limited tools available.

1) Create professional quality embroidery designs in a matter of seconds.
2) Set up your in-house embroidery design service at a very affordable price.
3) Reduce your digitizing costs tremendously - be more competitive and profitable.
4) Save more money by buying vector cliparts instead of stock embroidery designs
5) Make more reliable quotes to your customers based on accurate stitch counts and 3-D material based sewn-off images.

Any company whose business is related to graphic designs will be able to take great advantage of this software. Also companies wishing to start an embroidery design service or those who want to avoid the cost of contacting out existing digitizing jobs. For example, Screen Printing and Promotion companies, Graphic design studios and small embroidery shops.
New users will not need an in-depth understanding of digitizing techniques to create high quality embroidery designs as they do with conventional digitizing software.
Even professional digitizers will quickly appreciate the advantages of using Corel DRAWings X3 and find it helpful to improve their digitizing productivity.

No. Corel DRAWings X3 is focusing on high quality and high speed stitch generation from a vector artwork using Artificial Intelligence for embroidery parameter settings such as underlay, compensation, trim, closest connections etc., based on a user selected fabric.
For those users who prefer their own parameter settings, it would be ideal to upgrade to Corel DRAWings X3 Professional edition.
Professional digitizers who prefer their own way of creating designs, Corel DRAWings X3 Technology will help them stay competitive in the market.

Do I still need a conventional digitizing software besides Corel DRAWings X3

It depends. Most new users will find Corel DRAWings X3 more than enough for their current needs as long as they are good users of CorelDRAW.
After Corel DRAWings X3 turns artwork into stitches, the user is able to easily make changes to the stitch design as listed below:
• Change the stitch type from fill (Step) to Satin, to Running stitch, or even Appliqué, and vice versa.
• Apply a fill pattern to a fill object from a library of more than 130 fill patterns.
• Apply a style pattern to a fill object from a library of more than 180 style patterns.
• Apply a style pattern to an outline from a library of more than 180 styles.
• If the background material is changed, Corel DRAWings X3 will apply new settings to the design.
Since Corel DRAWings X3 does not include the editing ability for a stitch file, all modifications are done in the artwork stage if necessary. For those users who prefer having control on stitch files, or need to edit stitch files, it would be more flexible to combine a basic editing or digitizing software with Corel DRAWings X3.

In reality a lot of customers can only provide Scan-in logos for digitizing; will Corel DRAWings X3 work on pixel based logos?

Vector artwork is the only solution for a professional embroidery result. That's why many professional digitizing houses convert a pixel image into vector artwork to ensure the accuracy during digitizing.
If a scanned-in image is clean enough, Corel Trace can perform an auto trace to arrive at very good vector artwork. If the image quality is poor, the user will have to trace it manually like in digitizing program. Yet with the powerful tools available in CorelDRAW, DRAWstitch edition the user can certainly do a better and faster job. We all know that it is always better to fix a problem in the first place than to do so after.

Since DRAWings X3 includes CorelDRAW, DRAWstitch edition, it can read all the vector and bitmap files that CorelDRAW reads. All bitmap format files must be first converted to Vector files before stitch generation otherwise will be filled with cross-stitches.